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Far From the Madding Crowd

AuthorThomas Hardy

NarratorRobert Powell

Duration2h 21m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Classics

Key StageKS4

PublisherCSA Word

VersionAbridged

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A gritty and absorbing glimpse into the lives of women and men living in a small community, and the often unpleasant truths that relationships can sometimes hold. Bathsheba Everdene flees her abusive husband and spends the night by a stagnant and spooky swamp. When light begins to break over her hiding-place, she sees strong parallels between her surroundings and the nature of her own experiences of relationships.

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